Date: 29 Sep 1999 15:25:43 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: jdn@acp.qiv.com (Jay Nelson), chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On hub.freebsd.org refusing to talk to dialups Message-ID: <xzp905pzw6g.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert's message of "Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:52:51 %2B0000 (GMT)" References: <199909282252.PAA12756@usr07.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> writes: > That's "balkanization", as in the division of the balkan states > between nations at the end of World War II to prevent reuinification > and thus the potential of another Hitler. You are totally confused. This is not what happened after WWII; what happened after WWII was the consolidation of small central european countries into federal republics under communist rule. Balkanization refers to the division of central european countries into small individual nations after WWI; they were to serve as a buffer zone, a set of "watertight compartments" in case of a Soviet attempt to expand into Western Europe. World War One was supposed to be the War To End All Wars; instead, the victors' vengeful and petty attitude towards the defeated parties nurtured the misery, resentment and hate which allowed Hitler to rise to power. Hitler spoke of Germany being stabbed in the back after WWI; I cannot say I completely disagree with him on that particular point. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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